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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1918
Page
1
French forces press hard around Verdun gaining German positions on the west bank of the Meuse River as heavy combat continues with fog and shelling noted in the area.
The piece notes Bolshevik leaders denouncing German terms and urging Soviets to form military groups as invasion of Russia presses. It also cites Ambassador Bakhmeteff in Washington declaring Russia rejects Germany’s conditions and asserts continued Allied cooperation against Germany.
Berlin directs Spanish and Swiss ambassadors to inform Washington that Germany will retaliate against American property in Germany in proportion to actions against German property in the United States. Berlin had limited measures to prevent enemy property from leaving Germany during the war.
Paris March 18 Two violent explosions in a Lacourneuv?2 factory near Paris Friday killed sixteen and injured many. Reports later put total casualties at thirty. Cause of the blasts remains undetermined.
A telegram from JL K Mayer director of the American City Government League says illness prevents Mayer from arriving for the Monroe campaign event planned this Saturday. The Brooklyn organizer expects to reach Monroe later in the week to begin a month long effort promoting commission-manager government for the city.
Judson Harris, a federal appraiser for the New Orleans farm loan bank, is expected in the city this week to conduct an inspection of facilities and records.
C A Smith secretary of the local farm loan association says the federal land bank is sought but new loan applications are not being pushed. The association awaits action on already tentatively approved loans as the appraisal committee has not begun inspecting new lands before federal appraisers check older applications.
Washington reports that the Senate Alien Property Custodian Palmer estimates more German property resides in the United States than American property in Germany by a factor of over one hundred. He notes most American holdings in Germany belong to Standard Oil interests. Leon Trotzky has reportedly become head of a Petrograd commune.
Dr EF Farrington will resign after six years as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Monroe to assume the pastorate at the First Baptist Church of Jackson Tennessee on May 1. He led growth and debt free achievements including a $75 000 fundraising total and a rebuilt home and organ installation. The Jackson church is described as western Tennessee’s largest Baptist church outside Memphis.
Deputy Sheriff Roper brought Johnnie Jones to town after he was arrested by W. G. MecCaleb in Ward 2 on a charge of carrying a pistol. The incident occurred yesterday.
Julian Goldman is the last local registrant to be inducted out of turn by request and departs today for Fort Riley Kansas to join the army medical department. The local draft board notes voluntary inductions are withdrawn except for agency authorized by army chiefs. A deed filed for record transfers 243.80 acres on Island DeSiard from Elizabeth P. McEnery to C. L. Collins Jr for 11095 with mineral rights reserve.
Dutch vessels likely to be used to ship food to the Allies as wartime seizures face delays. The move hinges on current policy and international responses, with Dutch ships potentially aiding supply lines amid ongoing tensions.
The article notes plans for Dutch shipping to be used by the United States and Great Britain, either by voluntary agreement or requisition, while awaiting Holland's reply to terms Germany blocked. Holland's reply to London is dispatched and ship seizure in US waters is delayed pending that reply. The Nieufuwe Courant says Holland cannot accept the Entente proposal and calls it violent, arguing Angary law is inapplicable.
Washington reports the War Department’s weekly review finds Germany unlikely to launch a spring offensive unless compelled. Fresh German divisions have arrived on the Western front and are described as likely for defensive action, with no specifics disclosed.
Washington reports Holland’s reply to allied demand for a voluntary shipping agreement is expected before the noon deadline. If accepted, 1,000,000 tons will join Allied resources in the food transport effort, with Dutch ships under the U S control and armed to resist U boats, crews to be predominantly American.
About 900 barrels of alleged hoarded flour were returned to stores after warnings by food administrators in Columbia County, Arkansas. G T Cross reports purchases beyond immediate needs are being surrendered as the war effort prompts bond sales and local organizing.
Dutch shipping faces intensified submarine warfare as Entente policy shifts. German papers warn neutrality eroded and Dutch ships at risk. Meanwhile Secretary Daniels seeks 188 million dollars for naval aviation for the upcoming fiscal year.
French troops press a sharp attack on German positions in Verdun sector as artillery and infantry engagements intensify. Reports indicate several counterattacks repelled with limited Allied losses.
Amid reports of Moscow dissolving the Soviet congress after a peace treaty with Germany, Germany presses in southern Russia capturing Nika layev near Odessa and seizing routes from Volhynia to the Black Sea. Japan weighs intervention as spring fighting intensifies from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with battles, bombardments, and renewed American artillery actions near Tonl.
The report notes heavy artillery fire and gas shells used by German forces in the Toul and Luneville sectors, with ongoing Austro German efforts on the Austro Italian front and renewed Italian actions in the mountains. Macedonia sees rising operations as Monastir faces bombardment. civilian casualties mount. Labor unrest grows in Budapest and Vienna amid threats of military intervention.
Fort Worth Texas March 18 martial law has begun in a sweeping anti vice drive including raids on rooming houses hotels and alleged resorts. About 200 men and women have been arrested in recent days with 80 jailed 150 on bond and many under federal detention as witnesses. The campaign targets immorality especially bootlegging among soldiers and associated women with military men. A detention camp holds about 160 women under military police care. Federal Judge Meek pledges to keep the grand jury and court open until vice is driven from the city and environs.
Judge Dawkins delivers general charge to a new six month grand jury and urges investigation of last Saturday’s lynching. Parker of Ward 5 named foreman with a panel including He Hott, Hetlin, Poster, Brown, Weaks, Breard, Williams, Crowell, Carlton, and Hassell. Petit jurors are drawn for weeks starting April 16 and April 22 during the district court spring term.
Public school teachers in New York City and Chicago will attend a four day series of lectures on patriotism through the National Security League. Lectures will be delivered simultaneously in both cities by committee speakers and half day sessions will be held to allow full attendance. The event marks wartime civic education efforts.
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